Political science

Political science

The social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics.

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all-male party

Politics; Political Science

Among chimpanzees, a small group of adult or adolescent males.

allotted day

Politics; Political Science

A day reserved for the discussion of the business of supply, the actual topic of debate being chosen by a Member in opposition. There are twenty-one allotted days in each calendar year which are ...

allowances

Politics; Political Science

Amounts included in the budget to cover possible additional expenditures for statutory pay increases and other requirements.

alterity

Politics; Political Science

From the word alter - to make a thing different. A term central to postmodern discussions of identity in which the self is given meaning in terms of an "other". This other is posed or imagined in ...

alternative vote

Politics; Political Science

Procedure to select a political figure to office by which voters rank the candidates and a winner is declared only if he receives more then half the total votes cast. Only first preferences are ...

Social behavior and value orientation in which individuals give primary consideration to the interests and welfare of other individuals, members of groups or the community as a whole. The term was ...

ambassador

Politics; Political Science

Legal representative of a given nation-state in another. Diplomatic agent of the highest rank accredited to a foreign government or sovereign as the resident representative of his own government or ...